Advanced Topics Program

Become the best Scent Work team you can be by delving into specific skills, handling techniques and becoming a mindful and thinking trainer.

Advanced Topics Program
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    Advanced Topics Program
    Keeping Your Senior Dog Fit to Work and Play Webinar
    Instructor: Donna Morgan Murray

    Keeping our dogs who play Scent Work and Scent Sports fit and injury-free should be a priority. Learn how with this webinar.
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    Patterns: CSI to Novice Detection Webinar
    Instructor: Bill Gaskins

    Search patterns will vary, but they share a common goal: organization and structure to ensure no items or productive areas are missed. Learn how hide placement, search area context, and reward history matters in building a dog who is organized and thorough as they search.
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    When Proofing Goes Wrong Webinar
    Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

    It is vitally important that proofing be a part of any Scent Work training program. However, it is entirely possible for proofing to confuse, frustrate or demotivate your dog if done poorly. In this webinar, we outline common pitfalls people fall into and better ways to design your proofing sessions.
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    Field Trip Training On Your Own Webinar
    Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

    Field trip training is an important part of any Scent Work training regiment. The question is: are you getting the most out of these sessions when you are training on your own.
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    Using Play in Scent Work Webinar
    Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

    As handlers, we need to have as many tools at our disposal as possible. Play can an extremely effective way to keep the game fun for our dogs.
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    Don't Take Me Personally: Tips for Handler Proofing Webinar
    Instructor: Judith Guthrie

    In this webinar, we will talk about what handler proofing is, when to use it, when you might not want to use it, and discuss some strategies for how to start teaching this vital skill.
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    Lacking Problem Solving? Problem Solved! Webinar
    Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

    You've received feedback while training or trialing that your dog is "lacking problem-solving skills"...but what does that mean and how can you fix it?! We'll show you in this webinar.
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    The Professional Companion Dog Webinar
    Instructor: Khara Schuetzner

    Learn the differences and similarities of companion dogs versus professional dogs and some fun games to play with your pup and how to work as a team.
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    Hierarchy of Behavior: What Is It and Why It Matters Webinar
    Instructor: Judith Guthrie

    Judith Guthrie grants Scent Work University license to feature her courses, seminars and webinars on our online dog training platform. All of the content in this online webinar is created by, owned by, and the rights to the content, are reserved to Judith Guthrie.
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    Well-Rounded Sniffing Webinar
    Instructor: Lori Timberlake

    In this webinar, Lori discusses ways handlers can keep their Scent Work training fresh, exciting and continuing to build skills for dog and handler alike.
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    Search Pickles: Breaking Down the Components Webinar
    Instructor: Judith Guthrie

    If you have run into an issue when you are training Scent Work, it can be difficult to determine the cause and what to do. Can you solve it with searches, or are more creative "out-of-the-box" solutions a better choice? Learn this, and much more, in this webinar!
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    Creative Searches at Home Webinar
    Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

    Bad weather. Crazy schedules. There are lots of reasons why you may not want to do a field trip with your searches. Learn some ways you can be creative right from the comfort of your own home.
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    Training to Plan; Planning to Train Webinar
    Instructor: Michael McManus

    Being thoughtful trainers is something all Scent Work handlers should strive for. In this webinar, we discuss how to go about building a training plan with our dog.
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    Elevated Hides for the Vertically Challenged Webinar
    Instructor: Lori Timberlake

    Do you have a smaller dog and are stressing about how they will be able to work out elevated hides? Then this webinar is for you!
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    Mindful Goal Setting Webinar
    Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

    Setting realistic short- and long-term Scent Work goals can help us stay motivated and honest. We discuss how to go about doing this, specifically for Scent Work, in this webinar.
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    Maintaining Criteria v. Snazzy Searches Webinar
    Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

    As we progress with our training, it is easy to start offering more challenging searches. However, we need to ensure we are not compromising our criteria when we do so.
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    It's About More Than Just Stuff Webinar
    Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

    Are you finding that your dog is obsessed with checking "stuff" when they are searching? Scent Work is about so much more! See how and ways you can help your dog pivot to focusing more about odor than stuff in this webinar.
    Trial Prep Program
    Stopping the Potty: Tips for Exterior Searches Webinar
    Instructor: Dianna L. Santos
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    Making Scent Work Fun for the Handler Webinar
    Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

    People can sometimes get the idea that Scent Work is boring for the handler. Nothing could be further from the truth if we know how to keep this activity fun for dog and handler alike!
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    Video It! Webinar
    Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

    Let's face it: our memories when we are running our dog in training or at a trial are terrible! With that in mind, we discuss the benefits of videoing our training and trialing sessions to review later.
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    Common Pitfalls When Training Scent Work Webinar
    Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

    There are some common pitfalls that can occur when training Scent Work. Take this webinar to ensure you do not fall victim to them as well!
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    Conquer the Boogeyman in Your Searches Webinar
    Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

    Vertical spaces. Distractors, planned and unplanned. Huge search areas. Doing searches on-leash. Regardless of the boogeyman in your Scent Work training, we will discuss how you can confront and conquer it in this webinar!
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    When Dog Odor Trumps Target Odor: Sexy Time Webinar
    Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

    Does your dog obsess about other doggie smells, thinking they need to mark and drool over every spot another dog has visited? In this webinar, we provide reasons why your dog may be doing this and exercises you can try to help them better focus on their Scent Work searches instead.
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    When Dog Odor Trumps Target Odors: Dogs are Scary Webinar
    Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

    Perhaps your dog is worried about other dogs, where they begin to stress or shutdown when they come across doggie odors. We discuss some ways you can help your dog feel more comfortable so they can still play, and be successful in, their favorite game - Scent Work!
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    Single Hide Searches Webinar
    Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

    There are many handlers who assume every search area must have multiple hides. Nothing could be further from the truth! Single hide searches can be extremely helpful in a variety of ways! We discuss this and provide you some tips to try in this webinar.
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    Multi-Hide Searches Webinar
    Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

    Setting up multi-hide searches can be greatly beneficial for our dogs. We discuss how and why you should weave these types of searches into your training program in this webinar.
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    Keeping Scent Work FUN! Webinar
    Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

    Scent Work should be your dog's FAVORITE activity! After all. it is celebrating their most impressive natural instinct. Learn how you can keep this activity for them, even if you are doing a serious level of training and trialing.
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